Gentle Repose, an Earth Pony filly, has recently lost her parents in a plague. All she has left is an old family friend to care for her. However the burro, Maravilla, is a bit of a pariah in the small town of Wing Wood and as Gentle Repose will come to learn the keeper of a special kind of immortality.
**This is written "universe neutral" so it can be part of any pony headcanon you like. It is also dedicated to my beloved wife who works the very difficult and often emotionally taxing profession of mortician.
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Very atmospheric, my dear sir. And a great and obviously loving tribute to the profession of the morticians.
All things come to end. Much respect to those who take care of the aftermath. By the by Gentle is a cutie pie.
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Thank you, my wife loves her job but sometimes, especially when she has to work with the littlest clients, it upsets her. Gentle Repose is also her OC :3
I thought it was dedicated to De Los Muertos, but if it's not the case then it has those vibes. Everyone talks about the docs, nurses and teachers, but not about the morticians who have to touch the dead. This is a little morbid, but when I do die, I only ask that I'm not stuck in a dress or gown.
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Thank you for the kind words. This was written way before Covid but it still rings true. She has roughly 15-20 Covid patients a month and it is not easy.
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You're welcome. Do morticians have to employ dark humor to deal with the stress of dealing or even touching the dead?
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That is honestly more a stereotype than the real thing. I have met her coworkers many times and they are all just folk. Some treat it as a normal 9-5 job, Others treat it as a spiritual/religious duty. There is joking and humor about as much as any workplace.
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Only out of curiosity. Not trying to be a troll at any time of day or night.